Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani was an Iranian Grand Ayatollah. He was at one point the most senior Twelver Shia scholar (Marja') in Iran until his death. He resided in Qom and taught Islam in the Qom Seminary.
Negar Javaherian is an Iranian actress. She is best known for her acting in Gold and Copper (2010), Here Without Me (2011), A Cube of Sugar (2011) and The Painting Pool (2013). She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award, in addition to nominations for two Hafez Awards.
Soroush Rafiei is an Iranian professional footballer who plays for Persian Gulf Pro League club Persepolis and the Iran national team.
Khatereh Asadi is an Iranian actress.
Presidential elections were held in Iran on 18 June 2021, the thirteenth since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979. Ebrahim Raisi, the then Chief Justice of Iran, was declared the winner in a highly controversial election. The election began with the mass disqualification of popular candidates by the Guardian Council, and broke records of the lowest turnout in Iranian electoral history, as well as had the highest share of protest blank, invalid and lost votes despite a declaration by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, considering protest voting religiously forbidden (haraam) as it would "weaken the regime." Reporters Without Borders reported 42 cases of journalists being summoned or threatened for writing about candidates, and the chief of the police threatened people who discouraged others to vote.
The National Information Network (NIN) (Persian: شبکۀ ملی اطلاعات, Shabake-ye Melli-ye Ettelā'āt), also known as National Internet in Iran and the Iranian intranet, is an ongoing project to develop a secure, stable infrastructure network and national intranet in Iran.
Mohsen Hojaji was an Iranian military officer. He served as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) adviser to the pro-government forces in Syria during the Syrian Civil War. He was captured by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces near al-Tanf in southeast Syria, and was beheaded two days later. ISIS published a video of his capture, a picture of which went viral among Iranians in social media. His captivity and subsequent murder received widespread reaction among the Iranian people, government, and military.
Order of Research is one of the badges of honor in Iran, established by "Council of Iran Ministers" on November 21, 1990. According to "Article 8" of the "Regulations on the Awarding of Government Orders" of Iran, the "Order of Research" is awarded to individuals who have been the origin of fundamental transformation or rare service in the following ways:
- Introducing new research methods and techniques
- Studies and research that are the source of scientific change
- Finding new research methods
- Transfer of fundamental research to applied fields
- Every important innovation, originality, invention, and discovery
Alireza Esteki, one of the champions and coaches of boxing and bodybuilding, is the coach of the Iranian national boxing team.
Mohammad Mansouri Davar is an Iranian Jiujitsu and MMA athlete. He is captain of the Iran Jujitsu national team. He won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Beach Games in Phuket, Thailand and the gold medal at the 2017 Ju-Jitsu Asian Championships in Hanoi, Vietnam. He won first place at the 2009 Ju-jitsu Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi, Vietnam.He is a Member of the Iran Jiujitsu National Team in the 2018 Asian Games and 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat Turkmenistan.
Dotin is an Iranian company that operates in the fields of information technology, software production, financial services and security. The company was founded in 2005 and is owned by the Fanap Holding Company associated with Pasargad Financial Group.
Mehran Maham is an Iranian producer and screenwriter.
Mir Taher Mazloomi is an Iranian actor and voice actor.
Rubika Persian: سوپرپیامرسان اپلیکیشن روبیکا is a proprietary, cross-platform Iranian messaging app. It is sponsored by the public-private mobile telecommunications companies Tusca holding, Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran, and MTN Irancell. Rubika features include a free digital assistant, video calls, business pages and shopping channels, creator ads monetization, photo sharing, live broadcast, TV and video streaming, payment wallet, dark mode, Balad maps and required-to-purchase Bime free health insurance. The platform has 15.5 million daily and 35-40 million monthly users. It has financial backed equal to all Iranian startups.
